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Brisbane Times API endpoint
Brisbane Times journalist profile API
Returns a Brisbane Times journalist profile from `url`, a canonical `https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/<name>-<id>` address: name, biography, headshot, email, social links and recent story cards with title, URL, summary and image. Fields appear only when the profile shows them; the sampled profile returned 10 stories.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestBrisbane Timespublicnews.brisbanetimesAuthorResponseDoc
Brisbane Times/brisbanetimes/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /brisbanetimes/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Brisbane Times
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.brisbanetimesAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url (required) is a canonical HTTPS Brisbane Times profile at https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/<name>-<id>.
Returns public profile fields present on the page (name, biography, headshot, contact/social links) and visible recent article cards. The sampled profile /by/william-davis-p537k8 returned 10 story URLs.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /brisbanetimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fby%2Fwilliam-davis-p537k8. Live check on 2026-10-14: 10 articles returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url.
Return to section story discovery with Get Brisbane Times section or topic headlines.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /brisbanetimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fby%2Fwilliam-davis-p537k8
- Items in articles
- 10
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 6
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 65 characters |
| url | 10 | brisbanetimes.com.au |
| summary | 10 | median 117 characters |
| published_at | 10 | 2026-10-11 to 2026-10-14 |
| author | 10 | |
| image_url | 10 | static.ffx.io |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Brisbane Times journalist URL | https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/william-davis-p537k8 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/brisbanetimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fby%2Fwilliam-davis-p537k8" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/william-davis-p537k8",
"name": "William Davis",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Current story title",
"url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/example-story-20260930-p611ab.html"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.brisbanetimesAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | brisbanetimes.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.bio | string | No | ||||
| data.email | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/brisbanetimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brisbanetimes.com.au%2Fby%2Fwilliam-davis-p537k8" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"